2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

TC77

didn't want to throw out the pan lids I had spare but finally someone picked them up 1040 - 1042
1043 saucepan which I burnt about a week ago and still can't get clean.
DD2 now asking if i still have jeans that she gave me adamant that she didn't want yesterday morning, after me checking with her several times, had to tell her already at CS.
Failed seedlings 1044 and soil back in the garden
1045 more sample fabrics out
1046 garden rubbish

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. KITCHEN WILL CONTINUE TO BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT

2. JUST DO ONE THING EVERY DAY (courtesy of bit_by_bit) OTHER THAN DAY TO DAY CLEANING & DECLUTTERING 
3. ONCE A WEEK LEAVE THE HOUSE (e.g. Go into city centre for bank & butcher;  go to local town for cs dropping off or buying; visit the pub with DH 😉

What a glorious bank holiday Monday ☀️ DH was busy again - filled bird feeders & water bowls, fed worms & squirrels. Transplanted a few larger seedlings from kitchen windowsill to raised bed & planted up some more radish seeds, watered garden twice. We had the hm guacamole for lunch. Dinner was oven baked pork steaks, mashed potato, mashed sweet potato, asparagus & cauliflower. My day was spent watching the 3 Hobbit films - first time watching the 3rd one. Occasionally wandering outside to absorb some Vitamin D 😉 Tomorrow DH & I are off to Cornwall for a couple of nights - Round Britain Rallying 

1087 - 1089 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, cardboard box - recycled 
1090 Kitchen detritus - binned

Your neighbour is really going through it mehefin ☹️ That is a long time for gd to be in & out of hospital.  It is lovely that you can help out 🙂

TC77, Glad you resisted your DD1’s blandishments to release your glass storage jars 😉 I had a wry smile reading about the jeans 😉

3secondmemory, I hope Charlie doesn’t make a habit of waking you at 4:30 😉 Mind you a great start to your day - ‘python’ cat; ‘bar of soap’,‘contortionist’ mouse; stranded bumblebee 😂 Great work on doing your potting up by 10:00 a.m. 👏

Floss, fond memories of mice 😉😉

Even fonder memories of mice for you Gem-gem 😉😉 Great work decluttering & cleaning 👏

Madam furry sounds wonderful boultdj 🙂 She was definitely a great mouser if she was leaving dead mice outside 4 houses 👏👏

So nice to hear that you are in better spirits EnergyShifter 🙂 Good plan to make time for yourself & Great work on the decluttering especially the feelings of anxiety 👏 I think ‘Life Batteries’ was my own thought - just seemed a perfect description for how invigorated I felt after the family party 🙂

Belated birthday wishes leelad 🥳  Very busy as well especially taking advantage of the weather to relocate your plants outside 👏 I would also like to thank you for sharing your family situation & for the encouragement & praise you gave to EnergyShifter 🙂 I hope your daughter is enjoying the sunshine - even with the broken leg 🤞

The 1st of June 😱 where have 5 months gone 🙄

MrsSD   🏅 🏅 🏅🏅 🏅 🏅    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1090/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £114.80 to end of May

nannywindow

Morning all, the sun is shining again !!

Yesterday I decluttered lots of food as the family was here for lunch and hardly any food made it into the waste food caddy. We took the opportunity to toast all the birthday's, Easter and the Christmas that we missed last year and a good time was had by all. Going to do it all again on Friday as it's my birthday and we're having a family party, so more food will disappear especially with the DGC here 😂

In the cardboard recycling 2 delivery boxes and a pair of joggers into the cs bag, bought brand new last year just before lockdown and the wrong size 😠

MrsSD enjoy Cornwall.

Take care all. Hugs to anyone in need.

nan

3secondmemory

Morning Mrs SD.

I don’t like to miss a drop of daylight and, left to my own devices, I wake as the Sun comes up anyway. 

It pays to be up early – I’ve got a couple of magpies who think that my peas and beans is their breakfast buffet. 

everything is watered for the day and the garden looks as good as I can make it look!  Once the tree and shed are taken down and the fence replaced, it’s going to look really different. More light, considerably more growing space 😀

This is the week where it all comes together and I’ll be able to map out the next month or so.

Old lady cat has perked up a little bit but she has only eaten two Lickey licks in the last few days. I added some water to the last one as I haven’t seen her drink for a while. If she finds a spot where she is comfortable, I just tiptoe around her. Or sit next to her. She’s not suffering. 

Onwards and upwards – I’ve got at least three dozen things to list on local selling pages. That will keep me busy while I wait for the landlord

have a productive day everyone😃

ilovetea

Good morning every one. Not posted for a while and can't say I've decluttered very much. New month.New start. !
     ilovetea  xx

vulpix

Hiya, Happy Birthday Leelad and nannywindow.xx
 Everyone seems to be ticking along quite nicely here which is just great, though some people haven't been on for a bit, I hope they are just too busy to post.
 My cats bring mice in too. Mr V was rescuing one at 4am a couple of weeks ago from behind the bookcase. Female cat still goes to sniff where it was every time she comes in the house.
 I had a very constructive day yesterday whilst Mr V was at work. He described it as the end of the world. The area was completely overwhelmed and in gridlock.
 My son made a surprise visit. It was just so lovely to spend time with him, a bonus that it was just us two. We bounce off each other and really enjoy each others company. We took 2 car loads of garden stuff to the cottage and left them in the back yard. We also met the very nice NDN. We all met up at DD1's for a vegan BBQ later. Like everyone is saying, how life affirming to spend time with loved ones. We took her a garden arch and a storage box whilst we were going!
 Today DS and I will take some boxes of carboot stuff to my Mum's. It seems to be all coming together, sort of.
 I have been asked to do more hours at work. Mr V has also been asked to do more hours. We are very short staffed. Anyone fancy a job as a tour guide?
 Have a lovely break in Cornwall Mrs SD,what glorious weather to be on a motorbike.
 303. large plastic sweet jar, broken in one corner
 304. decorative jug, car boot
 306. cat shape ice tray ditto
 307. egg holder from new fridge, never used
 308. hand mixer given to me, never used
 310. 2 vintage handbags from the 80's car boot
 311. top which managed to be both too big and too short
 312. oversized sweatshirt worn twice now just looks massive not oversized
314. 2014 road atlas of Spain and Portugal
 315. random wires
 Vx

short_bird

714: carriers returned to delivery chap
715-717: 2 bags rubbish and another bag of card and paper recycling out.
718-752: Another meander round the flat - this includes items to go to the charity shop for ragging, records no use to anyone as too scratched...
753-757: digital declutter of 4.5GB programmes, 200 emails, 200 photos off the extra hard drive.
Need to find some over the counter allergy remedy that works...  aaaaCHOO!!

Gers

Evening - as some may have already seen my DM passed ten days ago so now the decluttering has turned to serious clearing out.  I'm so pleased that the food stores are all done, just the rest of the kitchen to go! 

It seems like DM kept every piece of paper which she ever touched so that's been the first task.  It's almost at an end and I've decided to use a commercial shredding company to get rid of the unwanted stuff.  There's so much family paperwork going back to letters written between her and her mother and friends from 1938 for a few years.  And then every letter her mother wrote to her from 1961 to her death in 1967...and so on.  These will be sent to my cousin in Berlin for him to deal with.  He should read the family history as it includes him. So many interesting documents have come to light which is rather distracting.

DM's clothes are mostly gone. Tights seem to have multiplied in the bedroom, at least ten unopened boxes of five, about 20 opened but unworn tights and, right at the back of the drawer, a little plastic bag with two pairs in and labelled neatly 'old tights'. I had to laugh.  

It'll be a long haul but once the personal stuff has been gone through and various bits and pieces donated to BHF and SA etc I'll get in a house clearance company and then a professional cleaning company to ready the place for the market.  This was never my home and I have no attachment to it. My memories are of my DM and they are sealed tight in my heart.

3secondmemory

 My landlord gave his contractor one hour and a handsaw to take my 35 foot ashtray down and dispose of it. Like that was going to happen🤦‍♀️

Mike took the bottom of the trunk with him which was the weight limit on the van. Apparently I’m left to deal with the rest now 😞

Floss

@Gers I'm sorry for your loss. Sounds like you & your cousin will have lots to read & talk about with your DM's paper archive.

@3secondmemory try Facebook or Freecycle to advertise it "free green wood from recently felled tree, must collect"